Willem E.C. Van Kemenade Visiting Senior Fellow, Clingendael Institute of International Relations, The Hague The crisis over Iran’s nuclear program has come full circle to 2006, as the United Nations’ Security Council considers a new package of sanctions. Three rounds of sanctions lukewarmly supported by China failed to coerce Iran to stop its uranium enrichment. [...]

SPEAKERS: Dr Shawn Shieh and Mr Xu Yongguang The 2008 massive Wenchuan earthquake gave China’s NGO community a big shakeup. Dr Shawn Shieh argues that the disaster provided an unprecedented opportunity and space for NGOs to mobilise. The rapid emergence of grassroots NGO networks in the aftermath of the earthquake offers evidence of a civil [...]